Sunday, 2 December 2012

Laura Mercier Illuminating Eye Colour: Gilded Bronze

The Holiday Art Deco Muse collection focuses on metallics for the eyes and rich reds for the lips. The four quilted Illuminating Eye Colours instantly stand out.
I am not into high shimmer/metallic finishes such as these, but upon swatching I didn't have any doubt in my mind that at least one needed to come home with me.
The pigmentation is phenomenal, I actually try to apply this lightly such is the intensity.The shadows are embossed with a quilted pattern, it applies extremely smooth and blends well. The shade I bought, Gilded Bronze (£20), applies a lot cooler than it looks in the pan and though its called bronze, I would describe this as a taupe.
As the natural light it so bad here at the moment, I have taken a photo in natural light and with a flash as below:
I think its a beautiful shade and I am very tempted to go back for more.

Hi Bright Town Girl,It does look very different, the other shades seemed to swatch the same as they look in the pan so not sure why this one doesn't. I know what you mean about messing up the pattern :)

Thank you makeup magpie :) I think you might "need" it as well, I'm going to borrow platinum off my mum but think I might end up buying it myself and also the gold one, I don't often really rave about a LM product but these are very impressive :) xx

I'm glad you are looking forward to them Marcia, I have on the platinum today and though its lighter than the bronze its still very pretty, slightly golden toned I would say so I am not too sure about their shade names :)